Changes in the Labor Market in LAC: What Do They Mean for Education?
Date issued
Feb 2004
Subject
Workforce and Employment
Country
United States
Category
Working Papers
There are four generalized trends observed in Latin American labor markets in the 1990s: (1) slow growth in GDP per capita; (2) high rates of unemployment; (3) rising wage differentials associated to tertiary education; and (4) declining wage differentials associated to gender and increased female labor force participation.